Directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig (2018)
by Sandy DeVito
If you like: Helen Mirren in gorgeously detailed period mourning gowns and veils, old-fashioned ghost stories, Victorian aesthetic, meticulous production design, fantastic prop detail, general ooky-spooky vibes, long scenes where people talk about death and grief and languish in the drawn-out agonies of sordid pasts, old-timey drugs, women finding their strength, a general reliance on creepy mood pieces rather than gore, a decent amount of ghostly jump-scares, creepy household staff with secrets, death, crazy-ass giant haunted houses with a million rooms, paintings that drip blood, death, ghosts, spooks and general gothic stuff, this film is for you.
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